Planning Comm to organise first 'Hackathon' on 12th FYP at IITs, universities

The Planning Commission and the National Innovation Council (NIC) are organising the first ever Hackathon on the 12th Five Year Plan on 6th – 7th April 2013.

The Hackathon is being organised simultaneously in 11 locations across India and participants can also join virtually. The event is taking place at University of Jammu, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur,Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, IIT Madras and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong.